Simon Short
Bay of Plenty and South Waikato Regional Manager
About Simon
In 2019 Simon started in the role of Property Brokers Regional Manager across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. With over 22 years in real estate, he brings vast experience and sound knowledge of the real estate industry to the Property Brokers Group and, in particular, our region. Simon is a High Performance Auctioneer who has drawn on his early years of Australian auction culture and success and brought a level of negotiation prowess to the NZ market which adds real value to every client that chooses to auction their property with Property Brokers BOP and Waikato teams.
Career History
In 2015 Simon was part-owner and Director of the Quay Group who own several real estate offices, notably LJ Hooker Gisborne and Colliers International Gisborne and Harveys BOP.
Previous to this he had been the Regional Manager of Bayley’s Real Estate in Auckland, where he oversaw the city’s central and inner west suburbs. He was instrumental in bringing Bayley’s to new markets by capitalizing on previous business dealings that led to Bayley’s opening five offices in the fringe city suburbs.
When he began his career as a salesperson, Simon enjoyed nine years of real estate success in one of Australia’s most competitive real estate markets and was part of the highly acclaimed offices of Gold Coast Homes and Ray White Surfers Paradise. He galvanized a reputation in the Gold Coast market as one of the most dynamic and proficient operators around. He earned the acknowledgment and respect of real estate market leaders, well known and respected public identities and real estate principals up and down the Australian East Coast. Winning many peer and company awards has shown Simon has the acumen that can only be achieved through experience and success.
Previous Achievements:
• Personally sold in excess of $650 million in property sales.
• Founder of Agency Excellence; NZ’s Premier Training programme.
• Keynote speaker LJ Hooker/Harvey’s conference 2015 and Property Brokers 2015/16, Premium Real Estate conference 2015/2016, Harcourts Taupo, Ray White Austar Group 2015/16
• Regional GM Bayley’s Real estate Auckland
